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Financial review
Consolidated profit and loss account summary (a)
2000 1999 1998 1997 1996
£m £m £m £m £m
Interest receivable 11,788 9,320 9,952 9,204 8,730
Interest payable 6,635 4,696 5,604 5,095 4,825
Write-down of leases (c) (40) (77)
Profit on redemption/repurchase of loan capital 2 3 3 2 32
Net interest income 5,155 4,627 4,311 4,034 3,937
Fees and commissions receivable 3,689 3,207 3,008 3,197 3,168
Less: fees and commissions payable (320) (275) (229) (218) (223)
Dealing profits 677 556 (42) 361 382
Other operating income 397 258 298 203 199
Life-fund charge (c) (28)
Operating income 9,598 8,373 7,346 7,549 7,463
Administration expenses – staff costs 3,219 3,057 2,811 3,035 2,980
Administration expenses – other 1,967 1,807 1,829 1,889 1,816
Depreciation and amortisation 306 280 275 269 301
Operating expenses 5,492 5,144 4,915 5,193 5,097
Operating profit before provisions 4,106 3,229 2,431 2,356 2,366
Provisions for bad and doubtful debts 817 621 492 227 215
Provisions for contingent liabilities and commitments (1) 1 76 4 9
Provisions 816 622 568 231 224
Operating profit 3,290 2,607 1,863 2,125 2,142
Loss from joint ventures (1) (1)
(Loss)/income from associated undertakings (7) (13) 22 16 23
Loss on sale or restructuring of BZW (30) (3) (469)
Profit/(loss) on disposal of other Group undertakings 214 (108) 4 44 70
Write-down of fixed asset investments (4) (19)
Profit on ordinary activities before tax 3,496 2,455 1,882 1,697 2,235
Tax on profit on ordinary activities 944 644 520 520 558
Profit on ordinary activities after tax 2,552 1,811 1,362 1,177 1,677
Profit attributable to minority interests (79) (52) (45) (44) (47)
Profit for the financial year attributable
to the members of Barclays PLC 2,473 1,759 1,317 1,133 1,630
Dividends (927) (746) (646) (563) (479)
Profit retained for the financial year 1,546 1,013 671 570 1,151


Selected financial statistics

Earnings per ordinary share 163.3p 117.5p 87.2p 74.6p 103.6p
Dividends per ordinary share 58.0p 50.0p 43.0p 37.0p 31.5p
Dividend cover (times) 2.7 2.4 2.0 2.0 3.4
Attributable profit before tax as a percentage of
average shareholders’ funds 34.4% 28.9% 23.5% 22.0% 30.5%
Attributable profit after tax as a percentage of
average shareholders’ funds 25.1% 21.2% 16.9% 15.2% 22.9%
average total assets (note (b)) 0.8% 0.7% 0.5% 0.5% 0.9%
Average US dollar exchange rate used
in preparing the accounts 1.52 1.62 1.66 1.64 1.56
Average euro exchange rate used in preparing the accounts 1.64 1.52